Table feel
Moderate interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation.
Yavalath
Players
2-3
Time
?-?
Age
?+
Weight
2.23
Rating
7.14
Fit
Teach
2.4
Teaching signal
Replay
4.0
High replayability
Interaction
3.7
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
4.3
More strategic control
Replay value
Yavalath offers a high degree of variability with its gameboard, allowing for different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds to the replay value, although they may not be as impactful as desired. The game offers deep strategic possibilities and room for improvement over time. Player interaction is moderate, and the game scales well with different numbers of players. While it may not be the easiest game to learn, it strikes a balance between easiness and depth. Overall, Yavalath has a strong replayability score of 8.0.
Luck profile
Yavalath has a low influence of luck. The game relies more on player decisions and strategy. Random elements have minimal impact, and players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning.
Overview
Yavalath is an abstract strategy game for two players. Players strive to make a straight line of 4 pieces of their colour, but lose if they make a line of 3 before doing so. The board (a hexagon 5 spaces on a side) is initially empty. Players take turns placing a piece of their colour on an empty cell. Yavalath was invented / discovered by a game-generating computer program developed by Cameron Browne as part of his Ph.D. research.
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Credits
Designers
1
Cameron Browne
Artists
1
Néstor Romeral Andrés
Publishers
2
(Web published)
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